How do I know
09-01-2015, 12:24 AM
#1
Ford Man For Life
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How do I know
If my 2001 5.4 supercrew is a 2v or 3v? Also I have done a lot of reading and researching on what type of oil I should use (stay with the 5w-20) or go with what I've ran in everything else I have ever owned (10w-40 pensoil high milage) also I feel really stupid asking but does the 5.4 hold 5 or 7 quarts of oil? Because I have been told both by a few different people
09-01-2015, 12:30 AM
#2
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2V. All 10th Gen 5.4s are 2V, it's the 11th and 12th gene that are 3V
09-01-2015, 12:41 AM
#3
Ford Man For Life
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do you have any idea on the amount of oil or the type or weight of oil I should be running? I know to only run motorcraft filter I'm just unsure on oil I've heard horror stories of useing too thick of oil and I've heard how all those storys are horse crap
09-01-2015, 02:15 AM
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6 qts of a 5w-20 oil is what you need.
The problem with thicker oils in these engines is the timing chain tensioner. If you use a thicker oil, it may take more time for them to tighten (they are hydraulically controlled with engine oil) and with multiple times of having too much slack over time the timing chain tensioner (made of plastic) can break, causing other issues (CEL and timing issues primarily, but can cause jumped timing and ruin the motor).
Here is an article about it with some pics that explain it pretty well.
The problem with thicker oils in these engines is the timing chain tensioner. If you use a thicker oil, it may take more time for them to tighten (they are hydraulically controlled with engine oil) and with multiple times of having too much slack over time the timing chain tensioner (made of plastic) can break, causing other issues (CEL and timing issues primarily, but can cause jumped timing and ruin the motor).
Here is an article about it with some pics that explain it pretty well.
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09-01-2015, 02:03 PM
#5
Ford Man For Life
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6 qts of a 5w-20 oil is what you need.
The problem with thicker oils in these engines is the timing chain tensioner. If you use a thicker oil, it may take more time for them to tighten (they are hydraulically controlled with engine oil) and with multiple times of having too much slack over time the timing chain tensioner (made of plastic) can break, causing other issues (CEL and timing issues primarily, but can cause jumped timing and ruin the motor).
Here is an article about it with some pics that explain it pretty well.
The problem with thicker oils in these engines is the timing chain tensioner. If you use a thicker oil, it may take more time for them to tighten (they are hydraulically controlled with engine oil) and with multiple times of having too much slack over time the timing chain tensioner (made of plastic) can break, causing other issues (CEL and timing issues primarily, but can cause jumped timing and ruin the motor).
Here is an article about it with some pics that explain it pretty well.
09-01-2015, 02:10 PM
#6
Looking for a Henway.
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That makes sense there was a man on here talking about running 5w-30 instead of the recommended 5w-20 that the 30 was actually better than the 20 and that the ford maufacturs in Germany doesn't recomend people to run the 5w-20 that it wasn't even available over there that the wear property of it wasn't as high and our engines wouldn't last as long running the 5w-20 as apposed to the 5w-30
Plus there are hundreds of thousands of these modular motors running 5w-20 with millions of miles on them and no motor oil related issues.
09-01-2015, 03:25 PM
#7
Ford Man For Life
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I mean I can't really believe that and I understand that there is prolly 95% of trucksthe age of ours evening running millions of miles on 5w-20 all I want to know is if that is actually what is best or if it is some kinda of government mandate to the auto company's that, that is what they have to run and recommend
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09-01-2015, 04:28 PM
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Originally Posted by Ford guy #6
I mean I can't really believe that and I understand that there is prolly 95% of trucksthe age of ours evening running millions of miles on 5w-20 all I want to know is if that is actually what is best or if it is some kinda of government mandate to the auto company's that, that is what they have to run and recommend
09-01-2015, 04:50 PM
#9
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I started this one after I had only one reply withen a few hours I started another in another section of the fourms (I believe the way my brings everything up is odd) I did not mean to break any rules or anything if I have I just wanted some information from what I thought would be nice people who shared the love of our wonderful trucks on something I was unsure about sorry for wanting all the information I could get instead of doing as I am told guy...
09-06-2015, 12:28 PM
#10
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use 5 w20 as directed on the CAP. the guys that built the motor intended it because of tolerances in the motor. there is fantastic article linked in here somewhere... i do believe there is high mileage 5w20 available. also, accept the fact you WILL burn oil and switching to heavier weight oil will not make it better...
at work we have 3 different generation fseries from 150 to 450 with different motors and without fail they require 5w20.
as for the posts, the regulars here find it easier to answer one question once. the search function can usually answer any question you can think of..
at work we have 3 different generation fseries from 150 to 450 with different motors and without fail they require 5w20.
as for the posts, the regulars here find it easier to answer one question once. the search function can usually answer any question you can think of..